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Monday, April 10, 2017

Come to the altar, surrender...

"It is not some other Jesus, but the same Jesus who entered
Jerusalem amid the waving of palm branches. It is the same Jesus who was nailed
to the cross and dies between two criminals. We have no other Lord but Him:
Jesus, the humble King of justice, mercy and peace."-Ending of Pope Francis'
Palm Sunday Homily 2017

"Holy Week is
the time of our great Passover:the
passage from darkness to
light, from sadness to joy, from time to eternity, from death to
life. And so we are drawn to the Cross
and the Cross is offered to us, in this and in every Eucharist. The
Eucharist is the place and the means and the price of our Passover for
the Eucharist is the Church held in the embrace of the
Cross.

If you are weary,come to the
altar, surrender to the embrace of the Cross.If you are fearful and
isolated,come to the altar, surrender to the embrace of the
Cross.If you are
bitter, or bruised, or fragmented, come to the altar, surrender to
the embrace of the Cross.If you hunger and thirst for
holiness,come to the altar, surrender to
the embrace of the Cross.If you would ascend with Christ to
the Father, if you would make of your life a fragrant offering,come to the altar, surrender to
the embrace of the Cross.If you would leave behind the
darkness of the cold tomb, if you would know the joy of
resurrection,come to the altar, surrender to the
embrace of the
Cross.

Together let ussurrender to the mystery of
the Cross.Together let us receive
from the altar the mystery of the Cross, and so enter into the silence and into
the song of the great and glorious Pasch of the Lord. In a week's time,
having passed over from death to life, from the seven days of measured time into
the mystic Eighth day,we will hail the festival day of Him who
triumphs over hell and holds the stars of heaven in His hand (cf. Salve, Festa Dies, Easter
Processional Hymn)."